The senior Democrat and Republican members of the House Armed Services Committee criticized acting Secretary of Defense Patrick Shanahan over a new policy which they say seeks to limit congressional oversight of the Pentagon
"If implemented, the Department's new policy guidance would dramatically limit Congress' ability to execute our constitutional prerogative," said Chairman Adam Smith, a Democrat, and ranking member Mac Thornberry, a Republican. "Congress oversees the Department of Defense; but with this new policy, the Department is overstepping its authority by presuming to determine what warrants legislative oversight," they added.
The memo also says that the reviewing official should consider"whether the possibility of disclosure presents an unreasonable risk to the conduct of operation" prior to releasing the material to Congress.That part of the policy drew criticism from Smith and Thornberry who wrote"this policy also accuses Congress of being a security risk for classified information, which is both inexcusable and inaccurate.
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